
Category: Asia-Pacific
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New Zealand’s central bank to set up standalone AML compliance department

Asia-Pacific, Banking, Financial Services, Regulatory
HONG KONG: Nine detained in laundering $900M laundering scandal; government criticised by commerce industry over company registry changes

EU relations with China take bitter turn as bloc’s ‘Magnitsky Act’ invoked to sanction Chinese officials for human rights abuse

Asia-Pacific, Banking, Crypto, Financial Services
Australian investment and crypto fraud scheme sees millions vanish from the pockets of small investors, investigation finds

Asia-Pacific, Financial Services, Regulatory
NZ real estate chief dismisses official AML warning as a way to ‘make an example’ of his firm as new financial crime laws settle in

Malaysia’s AmBank to pay government €580M for its alleged role in ongoing multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal

Asia-Pacific, Crypto, Financial Services
Sydney man arrested after $2M in cash found in vehicle; police expect more arrests as probe into bitcoin laundering ring continues

Asia-Pacific, EU/Europe, Financial Services
FRANCE: Illegal gold smelting operation in Paris probed for links to Tamil Tigers; truck driver charged in Hong Kong for selling a tonne of bullion

Asia-Pacific, Financial Services, Gaming